CVE-2020-36644: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

January 7, 2023 (updated January 9, 2023)

A vulnerability has been found in jamesmartin Inline SVG up to 1.7.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file lib/inline_svg/action_view/helpers.rb of the component URL Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument filename leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 1.7.2 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is f5363b351508486021f99e083c92068cf2943621. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-217597 was assigned to this vulnerability.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-p33q-4h4m-j994
github.com/jamesmartin/inline_svg/commit/f5363b351508486021f99e083c92068cf2943621
github.com/jamesmartin/inline_svg/pull/117
github.com/jamesmartin/inline_svg/releases/tag/v1.7.2
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36644
vuldb.com/?ctiid.217597
vuldb.com/?id.217597

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